Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Western Iowa Precondition sale; There is no comparison as last week was not a preconditioned sale. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.23/cwt on 584 head.

Average price

$142.23

584 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$0.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.84

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	142.26	934	535
Medium and Large 1-2	513	141.88	727	49

One grade step is worth $0.39/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale584 hd

142.23

—

IA average8 barns · 4,878 hd

133.39

+8.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	156.50/cwt	155.00–158.00	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,024	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	126.74/cwt	120.00–127.75	995	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	132.43/cwt	130.00–135.00	899	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	134.18/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,010	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,189	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	147.10/cwt	143.00–152.75	790	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	145.59/cwt	136.50–150.00	849	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,107	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	146.62/cwt	141.00–149.00	770	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	173.22/cwt	173.00–174.00	736	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	142.19/cwt	134.50–145.75	953	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	123.81/cwt	123.50–125.00	1,130	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	130.91/cwt	127.75–135.00	827	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	158.80/cwt	155.00–161.00	756	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	142.33/cwt	138.50–147.00	878	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	160.47/cwt	154.00–166.25	676	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	825	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	136.35/cwt	128.00–139.00	766	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	816	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	133.50/cwt	126.00–134.25	957	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	140.75/cwt	135.50–143.00	1,001	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	678	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	122.05/cwt	118.00–125.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	467	4

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Oct 30, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,064Last week 1,386Year ago 780

Western Iowa Precondition sale; There is no comparison as last week was not a preconditioned sale. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	808	121.50	121.50
4	—	379	162.00	162.00
6	—	468	155.00–158.00	156.50
15	—	948	108.00	108.00
23	—	785	120.00–127.75	126.74
33	—	679	130.00–135.00	132.43
37	—	525	141.00–149.00	146.62
35	—	632	127.75–135.00	130.91
68	—	421	154.00–166.25	160.47
39	—	562	128.00–139.00	136.35
33	—	717	126.00–134.25	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	130.00	130.00
8	—	689	118.50	118.50
3	—	542	115.00	115.00
9	—	577	118.00–125.00	122.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	753	130.00–135.00	134.18
51	—	955	124.50	124.50
63	—	537	143.00–152.75	147.10
135	—	583	136.50–150.00	145.59
4	—	839	132.00	132.00
13	—	425	173.00–174.00	173.22
71	—	670	134.50–145.75	142.19
20	—	913	123.50–125.00	123.81
20	—	476	155.00–161.00	158.80
72	—	617	138.50–147.00	142.33
4	—	356	190.00	190.00
46	—	711	135.50–143.00	140.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	363	141.50	141.50
3	—	482	147.00	147.00
5	—	630	131.00	131.00
6	—	539	131.00	131.00
3	—	693	130.50	130.50
16	—	440	154.00	154.00
5	—	894	116.00	116.00
4	—	290	161.00	161.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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